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  1. I ordered mine yesterday - I can't wait for it, i had extrusion problems again and again since i bought my ultimaker. it became better on the first layers when i installed the heated bed - but it's still a problem if the speed of infill an walls differs to much or if i print much faster than 50mm/s.

    I think it is an combination of more than just one problem, my bowden is not new at all and the hot end have seen better days too. Maybe it's also the knurled bolt,... Im just tired of trying to fix it :D

    I will keep you informed and will write a review with some before/after pictures and tests.

    Btw.: The gears from bondtech are hardened, i think they will do their job for a long time.

    Cheers

  2. If you don't face any problems you don't need it ;) But if you are interested, take a look here: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/umo-mod-motor-corner-endstop-version

    But I really recommend metal bellow couplings as i have installed now (not the ones at the picture). They have zero backlash (but are not so easy to get and very expensive).

  3. I looked again:  i am no longer sure that the noise comes from the electrolytic capacitors, it is more likely that it is caused by any of the ceramic capacitors (see here)...

    The problem is that this shouldn't happen since the output of the external power supply should be a smooth DC, can anyone of you measure the supplied power with an oscilloscope?

    By the way - Is there any pcb layout online?

  4. I measured the noise with a piezo-electric microphone and it seems like the noise comes from one of the capacitors. Here it is the Panasonic ZA capacitor (150μF, 35V) "150 V ZA XXX".

    It is exaclty 50Hz at mine, therefore I guess the capacitor foil vibrates at the power frequency. Corsair explains here (in german), that this can happen if the capacitor is badly coiled.Unbenannt.thumb.PNG.fdaede07b5b39acae1d2e5bd794e966b.PNG

  5. hey folks,

    I printed something today (wow!) but... after around 30 seconds or so I recognized a funny scent like burned popcorn, I looked at my ultimaker and saw that the pla started to bubble and smoke came out of the hotend (it still printed, or at least tried to). the temperature was 213°C according to ulticontroller.

    I decided to turn the UMO off (I'm so clever xD) and then on again - and now it readed MAXTEMP (something over 300°C - can't remember).

    Any Idea what happened? It was really luck that I didn't leaved the house...

    At the moment everything seems ok (except of the clogged nozzle, the burnt pla on the nozzle, ....)

  6. Actually you can, step 58.

     

    Yes, but that's just the frontside of the wooden enclosure. If i tighten the screws, the backside of the wooden part lifts up a bit and becomes askew and scratches the back panel.

    There are two two holes in the metal plate which are unsued, looks like they just "forgot" to cut out holes for the nuts^^

     

    That is because UMO's home upwards

     

    Yes right, but if you print a very high model... and software endstops aren't enabled... :D

     

    Yeah, same here, but during printing it seems ok actually!

     

    Just looks a bit unprofessional

     

    It helps the print stick, although I've heard people swear all kinds of different things work.

     

    You mean if you don't turn on the heated bed, right?

  7. I installed mine last weekend - I like it but

    there are also some things they should change...

    you cannot fix the backside of the wooden part to the metal plate.

    they removed the "hook" for the lower z-endstop

    the metal plate is a bit unstable, you can bend it easily if you push the frontside down :/

    ah yes the glue stick... what is it good for? :D

  8. Hey everyone!

    Stephan Watterott, the CEO of Watterott electronic (producer of the SilentStepStick drivers) told me last week that a new stepper driver will be released within the next month. The driver fits the Pololu A4988 pinout and comes with an TMC2130 - which supports the stallGuard2 functions!

    I can't wait to try that feature ;)

    EDIT 2016-03-08:

    Here we go!

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    EDIT 2016-03-08:

    At first I tried the "standalone"-configuration, to do so you have to solder a short on the little solder-jumper

    (SPI_MODE-Pin to GND). Works similar to the TMC2100 SSS:

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    You don't need a Microcontroller this way, you can set the microsteps via the Levels on the cfg Pins, just as at the older SSS.

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    The downside is, you cannot read out or set the registers of the driver (e.g. for the stallguard2 Feature)

    EDIT 2016-03-10:

    Today I tried the StallGuard2. You can see a very short Video here:

     

    EDIT

     

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  9. Regarding temp sensors.  I sell them and I test every one I sell at 260C. About 1 in 10 are off by 8C or more. In both directions!

    Wow, okay - that's really much, too much! Can you tell us how you test them? It would be interesting for some of us I guess, if the method is easy enough to do it without too much equipment.

  10. Also the variation on temp sensors can be + or - 10C.  So consider printing at 250C instead.  Or even 245C.  I can't go below 245C or I don't get good layer bonding.

    That's exaggerated, right? Even if the Pt100 is a class B type, it should be around +-1,6°C.

    [+/- (0,30 + 0,005 x t)]

    But I like the way you answer - it's always comprehensive ;)

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